Review of The Spirit (2008) by Geoff R — 27 Aug 2011

This movie made me sad. And not in a good way...

This review of The Spirit (2008) was written by Geoff R on 27 Aug 2011.

The Spirit has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Nerdconsultant (206) on 18 Dec 2014

I know frank miller isn't on best form these day but after seeing this you really have to ask what was going through his head when this project…

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By Noname (709) on 24 Dec 2014

Stylish and flashy. Need I say more. Not much to talk about here but boy was it fun…

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By Sam Adams (514) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 23 Jun 2015

Miller's flat, humorless yarn is set in Central City, a vacant metropolis whose only residents seem to be cops and crooks…

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By Piotrek P (53) on 09 Jan 2015

Frank Miller attempts to give us another Sin City but instead gives us a horribly written, silly, and just plain boring movie that adds nothing…

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It was visually amazing, the plot and dialogues were disappointing as they were coming from the same person who gave us Sin City…

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By Carina Chocana (1) for Washington Post (9,851) on 12 Jun 2015

Doesn't just play like a cheap Batman knockoff, it plays like a cheap Batman knockoff that knows it's a cheap Batman knockoff -- and wants…

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By Jamie I (192) on 12 Jun 2016

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It was boring. The plot was all over the place and the actors are doing a terrible job…

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By David G (2,424) on 24 Dec 2014

Sin City-lite it may be with no ultra-violence in sight but that does allow The Spirit to exist as a sort of quasi-comedy and as such it actually…

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